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Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Ice Princess

Find out what physics has to do with skating in this icy comedy as a teenage girl uses her brains to turn modest athletic ability into a legitimate shot at competitive figure skating.

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Notting Hill

When boy meets girl in ‘Notting Hill,’ the result is a contemporary British fairy tale.

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Lake Placid

A 30-foot crocodile terrorizes a remote lake in Maine. Yes, Maine. That’s just one of the things that makes no sense in “Lake Placid.”

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Buxom adventurer Lara Croft was an immediate hit when she first appeared in the 1996 video game Tomb Raider. A blockbuster film was inevitable.

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Varsity Blues

The story examines the sanctity of high school football in a small West Texas town.

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8 Mile

A poor white kid from Detroit struggles to rise above poverty and a broken home in this obscenity-strewn ‘Rocky’ for the gangsta rap generation.

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The Stepford Wives

Based on a 1975 thriller, this far more comedic remake serves up fashionable fembots and hefty portions of feminist social commentary.

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Ever After

Drew Barrymore plays Danielle, the kind-hearted tomboy who maintains a generally sweet spirit despite the oppressiveness of her stepmother and two stepsisters.

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The Majestic

Pete Appleton is a struggling screenwriter. It’s 1951 and cold-war paranoia over Communist sympathizers in Hollywood is heating up.

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Originally released in the summer of 1982, Steven Spielberg’s classic sci-fi heart-tugger is celebrating its 20th anniversary by returning to theaters with enhanced visual effects, never-before-seen footage and a re-mastered soundtrack.

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Rollerball

Aimed at the same undemanding audience that ate up 1987’s ‘The Running Man,’ this PG-13 flick is an ear-splitting cinematic mosh pit.

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The Jungle Book 2

Disney’s desperation and contempt for long-time fans is amazing. The Jungle Book 2 is not.

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Uptown Girls

The trailer for this movie is tighter, better and more upbeat than the 95-minute feature.

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Volcano

After a series of geological murmurs, downtown L.A. is sent into cardiac arrest when a volcano erupts from the La Brea Tar Pits.

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The Kid

An abrasive, cynical, self-centered Los Angeles image consultant has his world turned upside down when his 8-year-old self inexplicably appears on his doorstep.

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